Todds Lane Residents Warned Of Fake Door-to-door Surveyor

February 10, 1990

HAMPTON — A woman who has been going door to door claiming to be conducting a survey for the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce is not working for the chamber, Alvin A. Tompkins, the organization's president, said Friday.

Tompkins said he got several calls Thursday afternoon from residents in the Todds Lane area about the surveyor, who asked several personal questions. Tompkins said the questions included, "When is your house usually vacant?"

"The chamber is not conducting any kind of survey," said Tompkins. He advises residents that "if anyone does come to their door claiming to be from the Chamber of Commerce and asking any types of questions, they should call the Police Department right away."

A Richmond-based company that publishes city directories has been conducting surveys in Hampton, said Jerry Sherman, district production manager of R. L. Polk in Richmond. But his workers wear identification badges, he said.